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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1909)
1 I f punters ALL MAKES Sold, Rented, Repaired, Exchanged TVe can give you a genuine bargain in rebuilt and slightly used Typewriters. Easy terms. If rente!!, rent vrill apply on purchase priee when purchased. Machines shipped to any point for free examination. "We are state distributors for the L. C. Smith. & Bros.' "Writing-in-Sight Typewriter. Get our prices before you purchase ; we will save you money. B. F. Swanson Co. (Incorporated) 143 South Thirteenth Street, Lincoln AUTO PHONE 2080 BELL PHONE 1299 ? THE ggpppr -khz iZMkMr'" Siuimiiiiil!!! EMCAN? HOME pSARADFORD EDITOR . WESTERN BRICK MI ff Successors to B, S. YOUNG BUILDING SUPPLY GO. Wholesale and Retail. COAL AND MATERIAL Don't forget the number 1342 O St. HARRY STEPHENSON, Msr Mr. William A. Radford win answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe rience as Editor. Author and Manufac turer, he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford. No. l&i Fifth Ave.. Chicago. I1L. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. Cement plaster houses are popular ii many small towns and in the su burbs of large cities. The houses are built in the manner usual with frame structures, with the exception that in stead of siding being used tar paper is nailed onto the studding, furring strips are then put on and the ex terior surface is either lathed with wooden lath or expanded metal is used. Expanded metal is always pref erable, although lath, if not too well seasoned, is proving itself satisfac tory. A coat of cement mortar Is first applied and the surface of this is scratched to make a bond for the finishing coat, which is put on in a number of different styles. Often a finish of cement mortar is applied length over all Is 23 feet. What will attract all home lovers is the living room with its large bay window and window seats. It is homelike and comfortable. Invitingly near to this room is the dining-room, which Is IS feet three inches by 12 feet in size. The living room, by the way, is 13 feet by 22 feet, and with the wide doors the two may be made practical- Bed Rm irtrxitv BedRm. fcL I Bed Room rrvxico TT i Ftoar SSSS xmms i I fflZtt IUJ J rVITCHEJi T 1 UwiC Rm. :: DrwiG Rm nmtxtr B'3-XUrO- i; Porch 1111 a nT rim fimt pua and on the surface of this while ft Is still plastic small pebbles are thrown. Imbedding themselves in the mortar, as most often is done, may be trow eled smooth, when the amount of water in the mortar is equal in all parts of the mix the color is uni form. Variations in the amount of water cause variations in the color, or a mottled effect. Artistic effects may be produced also by leaving wooden ornaments in relief above the mortar. Such houses do not cost any more than frame at the present time and are much more economical, as they require no paint ing and no repairs. The house here displayed Is one of that style. It has a wide porch. The width of the house hs 34 feet and the ly one. The kitchen back of the dining-room is 11 feet three inches by nine feet six inches in size. There Is also a kitchen pantry conveniently sit uated. On the second floor, reached by a stairway from the living room, are three bedrooms. One is 11 feet by 11 feet six inches, another Is 17 feet six inches by ten feet, and the third is 11 feet six inches by 11 feet three inches. All of these bedrooms open into a central hall, off which also Is the bathroom, seven feet by six feet six inches. Waterworks in a Desert, There is a large quantity of water in the great desert of Chile, but none that either ruman beings or stock can drink. Science, however, has come to the aid of this rainless section of the country in the form of an ingeni ous desert waterworks, consisting of a series of frames containing 20,000 square feet of glass. The panes of glass are arranged in the shape of a V and under each pane is a shallow pan containing brackish water. The heat of the sun evaporates the water, writes a correspondent of the Mexican Herald, which condenses upon the sloping glass, and, made pure by this operation, it -runs down into little channels at the bottom of the V and is carried away into the main canal. Nearly 1,000 gallons of fresh water la collected daily by this means.